Director of HM-1: Ed.D, PhD in physical and mathematical sciences, Associate Professor Prokofiev Alexander

E-mail: hm1@miee.ru

About

The Chair of Higher Mathematics №1 is graduating Bachelors and Masters in the area of "Applied Mathematics".

Educational programs:

Bachelor's degree:

- Computer mathematics and mathematical modeling

- Mathematical methods application to engineering and science.

Master's degree:

- Mathematical methods and modeling in the natural science and technlogy;

- Digital signal and image processing.

In 2013, in partnership with the ELVIS Group of companies, the scientific and educational center "Computer Vision and Semantic Image Analysis" was created. There many students have their student practice, participate in scientific research conducted at the center and in the development of specialized software products.

At the Chair of Mathematical Modeling (Institute of Mathematical Modeling, the Russian Academy of Sciences), students are taught courses "Numerical methods in microelectronics" and "Parallel computing in microelectronics", as well as workshops on programming and parallel computing.

Applied Mathematics

Applied mathematics is a scientific tool for creating mathematical models of objects, systems, processes and technologies. These models are designed for calculations, analysis, development of high-tech software in all areas of industrial, economic, social and managerial activities, as well as in science, technology, medicine and education.

The recent mathematization of different fields of science puts a specialist in applied mathematics among those in high demand. Math knowledge is fundamental, as it provides a deep analysis of applied issues. That often makes a specialist in applied mathematics indispensable in many areas.

The division of mathematics into "pure" and "applied" is quite conditional. Applied mathematics usually refers to the branches of mathematics related to the needs of other sciences, engineering, etc.

The educational program in "Applied Mathematics" is a unique system of courses in modern mathematics, mathematical modeling, computer assistance for scientific and applied research.

Students of the "Applied Mathematics" program study compulsory general education subjects – that have become classical in that field, such as numerical methods, optimization methods, mathematical modeling, as well as subjects that take into account the specifics of our university, for example, the mathematical foundations of digital signal processing, methods of signal and data compression.

In the fourth year, students choose the place of practice. Each student is assigned a supervisor from the Chair's faculty. If the practice takes place in an external organization, then the task of the supervisor additionally includes making contacts with it.

An extremely important task for the Chair was and remains the forming of a circle of partners for the final year of the program and therefore potential employers of the graduates. The specialists in the field of applied mathematics are now in great demand on the labor market, and in a variety of fields: from natural sciences to economics and even liberal arts. It is easy to verify by looking at the titles of the graduation papers. They usually have the entire cycle of studying an object or a phenomenon: the construction of a mathematical model, its study and analysis and comparison with the practice results.

History

The Higher Mathematics №1 Chair has been functioning since 1966 (until 1982 as part of the Higher Mathematics Chair). Its current name it got in 1982, after the division of the Higher Mathematics into two seperate chairs, each one was directed to educating particular groups of specialties. Nowadays, it functions as a graduating chair (the first graduates of engineers in the "Applied Mathematics" dates to 2003).

From 1968 to 1991, Professor Alexander Efimov was its director. From 1991 to 2010 — Ph.D., Professor Alexey Pospelov. From 2010 to the present, Ed.D, PhD in physical and mathematical sciences, Associate Professor Prokofiev Alexander.

The faculty have published a large number of textbooks, educational and methodological manuals, published by MIET, as well as by various major Russian publishing houses. Every year a large number of scientific articles are printed in leading domestic and foreign publications.

In 2003, together with the Institute of Mathematical Modeling of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a joint department of Mathematical Modeling was created.

Currently, about 70% of the teaching staff are professors and associate professors. The department consists of 32 faculty members, including 7 doctors of sciences and 15 candidates of sciences.

Education

HM №1 trains bachelors and masters of "Applied Mathematics" and simultaneously provides mathematical training in other departments.

Classical mathematical subjects are taught here: mathematical analysis, linear and general algebra, differential equations, probability theory and mathematical statistics, functional analysis, optimization methods and equations of mathematical physics. Lectures, seminars and laboratory work are also given in with a more applied approach: discrete mathematics, mathematical logic and theory of algorithms, mathematical modeling, game theory and operations research, mathematical foundations of digital information processing and theoretical foundations of signal and data compression methods.

In the joint department of Mathematical Modeling, students are taught courses "Numerical methods in microelectronics", "Parallel computing in microelectronics" and workshops on coding in C++ and parallel computing.

Students have the opportunity to participate in scientific work starting from the second year. Each of them has a supervisor from the chair's faculty. There are special seminars for students and postgraduates in various scientific fields. Those who wish to continue their education can go to master's and postgraduate programs.

Graduate's Areas of Employment

- Automated management systems;

- Mathematical modeling;

- Computer programming;

- High-tech software development;

- Means of modern mathematics and computer science;

- Digital signal and image processing.

Our graduates focus primarily on working in IT-companies both in Russia and abroad. They have successfully proven themselves in big companies, the most famous of which are Yandex, Skype (a division of Microsoft), Huawei, Kaspersky Lab.